Kindle Quotes

Kevin got a few things, too, though only after suffering through the usual round of complaints about how hard it was to buy presents for a man his age, as if adult males were completely self-sufficient beings, as if a penis and a five o’clock shadow were all they would ever need to get by.

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—	Tom Perrotta The Leftovers (via Kristenevol)

She knew how depressing it could be to wake up in a messy house, how it could make you feel like the new day was already old.

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—	Tom Perrotta The Leftovers (via Howard McEwen)

It was surprisingly crowded, a bunch of middle-aged people, mostly women, moving enthusiastically, if a bit awkwardly, to Prince’s “Little Red Corvette,” trying to find a way back to their younger, more limber selves.

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—	Tom Perrotta The Leftovers (via Howard McEwen)

That was the thing about her sister—Nora didn’t always like her and hardly ever agreed with her, but she could always count on her.

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—	Tom Perrotta The Leftovers (via Howard McEwen)

LAURIE GARVEY HADN’T BEEN RAISED to believe in the Rapture. She hadn’t been raised to believe in much of anything, except the foolishness of belief itself.

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—	Tom Perrotta The Leftovers (via Howard McEwen)

She spent a lot of time with poor Rosalie Sussman, visiting her almost every morning, trying to help her through her unfathomable grief. Sometimes they talked about her departed daughter, Jen—what a sweet girl she was, always smiling, etc.—but mostly they just sat together without speaking. The silence felt deep and right, as if there was nothing either of them could say that could possibly be important enough to break it.

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—	Tom Perrotta The Leftovers (via W. Hicks)

She hadn’t been raised to believe in much of anything, except the foolishness of belief itself.

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—	Tom Perrotta The Leftovers (via )

They both seemed to understand that describing it was beyond their powers, the gratitude that spreads through your body when a burden gets lifted, and the sense of homecoming that follows, when you suddenly remember what it feels like to be yourself.

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—	Tom Perrotta The Leftovers (via Michael Fox)